Day 14 One Minute Mindfulness Challenge For Your Kids

This is Day 14 of the 28-Day ONE MINUTE Mindfulness Challenge. Today we will do progressive muscle relaxation where we tense and let go of different muscles noticing the difference in the two sensations. These are short, quick mindfulness exercises for teachers, parents and children to get a taste of what it feels like to commit to the self-care practice of mindfulness every day for 28 days.

Transcript

Welcome to Day 14 of your Mindfulness Challenge. Today we'll be squeezing and relaxing different muscles in our body. This is a great practice to do when you're feeling A-OK, But really good to do when you're having really big feelings. So sit comfortably. Let's start by squeezing all the muscles in our feet as strong as we can. Squeeze and then relax them. Now squeeze all the muscles of your legs as strong, Strong, Strong as you can. Keep squeezing. And totally relax all the muscles in your legs. Next, Squeeze your hands into fists and squeeze the muscles of your arms as strong, Strong, Strong as you can. Keep squeezing. And then totally relax your hands and arms. Next, Squeeze all the muscles in your face. So squeeze your mouth together, Your eyes shut, Your forehead crinkles up. Hold, Hold, Hold that. And then totally smooth out the muscles in your face. In fact, Now just bring the corners of your mouth up into a very gentle smile.